Is Starbucks a monopoly? It fits all the definitions. Does this mean the FTC will make them break it up like AT&T? Or is the Federal Trade Commission too chicken after losing the case with Microsoft? The FTC knew better than to go after Microsoft, after all they did nothing wrong except adding features to their operating system and programs. Is the FTC not attacking the Starbucks because all of its employees go to the one across the street in Washington, D.C..
It appears that the FTC is afraid of laying it on the line for predatory pricing after creating the Starbuck's monopoly. The FTC has made it tough on franchises, which are new to enter the market to company with all the disclosure law to give Starbucks a run for their money. So essentially the FTC helped Starbucks become a monopoly in the first place, now they are afraid to look like the truly cheesy agency that they are in all their puffery.
How can we trust an agency of the US Government, which is so submersed in bureaucracy to be in-charge of anti-trust laws? Since Starbucks has bought up all the coffee fields in the world they have risen the cost of coffee world wide, this makes it very tough for other coffee companies to make a profit. Starbucks fits the perfect Monopoly Scenario, but the FTC will not do anything about it, because their attorneys are weak, wet behind the ears and they know Starbucks would kick their ass in a court of law. Our government, which is afraid to take on a real case cannot and will not enforce their own laws. Maybe they are seeing the error of their ways in the Anti-Trust Laws. Unfortunately the FTC is equally afraid to admit the mistake of the Anti-Trust Laws. May I ask why we need the anti-trust laws in the first place and once we get rid of that joke of regulations in the World's greatest nation; can we please get rid of this worthless agency? What a complete waste of taxpayers money? Why not go to "FourBucks" and think on it?
"Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.worldthinktank.net/wttbbs
Alexis limo rentals ..Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to Lafayette in 1823 that... Read More
It is amazing how the Federal Trade Commission has destroyed... Read More
In Belarus parliament is going to struggle with degeneration of... Read More
Many folks who are pro-NASA and Pro-Space Colonies say that... Read More
IN A DAY AND AGE where one voice screaming among... Read More
We learned some lessons in these last few wars. For... Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has very important Anti-trust Laws. They... Read More
Legislation was introduced into Congress this week that would establish... Read More
We know we can cloak a giant airship from those... Read More
For anyone who wishes to become an armchair General in... Read More
This is a thought on the study of Home and... Read More
Well having studying the need for decreasing America's dependence on... Read More
The new law "Special Protective, Antidumping and Import Compensatory Measures"... Read More
Einstein when ask how did he believe WWIII would be... Read More
Most government agencies cannot pass an audit of their expenses.... Read More
You, the reader, should be aware of my affluence of... Read More
Unions are angry at the high salary of the executives... Read More
Nothing could be more alarming for Americans than what I... Read More
Most citizens agree that we need the Federal Trade Commission... Read More
The UnbornWith all this cloning in the news one can't... Read More
The clause (c) of Electronic Crime Act 2004 has been... Read More
The Justice Department is at it again; promoting themselves in... Read More
Heavens, what are we up against? It seems these days... Read More
Federal Trade Commission Owes Industry and Entrepreneurs an Apology. The... Read More
If recent speeches by US officials on Iran's plans to... Read More
car service from Midway Alsip ..The problem of poverty in America comes as a surprise.... Read More
De-classification of official documents have been a routine practice in... Read More
I just got done reading a series of articles dating... Read More
In the previous article, we described the various methods developed... Read More
Many people who are expert in the issue of the... Read More
I was dismayed to learn the other day, that my... Read More
You know now that North Korea is backing down on... Read More
For years I have been amazed as I've listened to... Read More
The Carl Rove issue is definitely interesting and distracting. The... Read More
The Bill of Rights to our Constitution caused -- and... Read More
From the comfort of their plush offices and five to... Read More
In what the Americans love to describe as the war... Read More
I heard on the news this week how America continues... Read More
Currently when we transport troops we use large cargo planes... Read More
A. THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPETITIONThe aims of competition (anti-trust) laws... Read More
It is widely known in the Homosexual Male Populations that... Read More
California Attorneys and politicians are to blame for the energy... Read More
September 11, 2001 could have been prevented. We could have... Read More
We all know Elliot Spitzer is going to run for... Read More
Without the flow of fuel our very mobile society comes... Read More
Guides for RetailersThe regulations about marketing pearls are listed in... Read More
Many very nice and loving homosexual male couples want to... Read More
Land Mines have been one of the most evil left... Read More
Heavens, what are we up against? It seems these days... Read More
This brings to our consciousness, issues concerning the ever rising... Read More
Political |